Realizing rights and entitlements in a democracy requires a governance framework to ensure authentic democratic practice. The SAUHARD Fellowship supports grassroots activists and social change-makers in the areas of governance, social harmony, participatory democracy, accountability, and empowerment of marginalized communities within a constitutional framework. This program fosters cross-learning, experience sharing, and collective action for transformation.

Grameen Vikas Sansthan believes in mobilizing, educating, and sharing correct information with communities, enabling them to lead dignified lives free from injustice, vulnerability, and marginalization. From a constitutional values perspective, the region faces numerous challenges to inclusive development, including caste discrimination, gender inequality, religious bigotry, economic disparity, and electoral manipulation. These issues hinder equitable development and require immediate attention.

Goal: To strengthen constitutional values and promote a constitutional culture by mobilizing social change-makers to establish a society founded on justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, solidarity, and social justice.

Key Activities:

1. Identification of Change-Makers: Select vibrant individuals with the potential to challenge societal norms and engage them as fellows to create supportive environments for constitutional values.
2. Capacity Building: Regular mentoring and skill enhancement of fellows through cross-learning, shared study materials, and community engagement.
3. Community Platforms: Build strong community platforms by involving fellows with diverse social groups.
4. Strengthening Entitlements Access: Collaborate with local governance to make schemes and services accessible to eligible beneficiaries, aligning efforts with constitutional values.
5. Promoting Governance and Accountability: Encourage creativity, commitment, and independence among fellows to ensure local self-governance, accountability, and participatory democracy.
6. IEC Development: Create information, education, and communication (IEC) materials to raise awareness about the gaps between constitutional principles and practical governance.

Expected Results:

1. Development of Change Agents: A squad of 40 dynamic social change-makers actively promoting constitutional values and democratic rights in targeted areas.
2. Community Awareness: Increased understanding of constitutional values among community members and stakeholders, fostering a sense of civic duty.
3. Change Stories Documentation: Identification and documentation of transformative stories from diverse communities.
4. Reduction in Discrimination: Decrease in caste, religion, and gender-based discrimination, with the establishment of positive environments as pressure groups.
5. Social Harmony: Revival of joint religious celebrations across communities, fostering visible social harmony.
6. Improved Access to Entitlements: Enhanced realization of flagship schemes and entitlements for genuine beneficiaries.
7. Democratic Reflection: Evidence-based documentation of positive reflections on democratic rights at individual, family, community, and societal levels, making the program replicable.

Thematic Areas:

• Caste Discrimination and Untouchability
• Gender-Based Inequality
• Religious Bigotry and Communalism
• Economic Inequality
• Electoral Manipulation
• Discrimination in Employment and Resources
• Governance Accountability and Transparency

Vision: To organize, educate, and empower communities to overcome injustice and live dignified lives rooted in constitutional values.

Mission: To establish an equitable society by mobilizing social change-makers, fostering constitutional values, and addressing barriers to inclusive development.